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Florida 4-H Volunteer Training Series: Learn by Doing + a Little Bit More

EDIS
This is one publication in the Florida 4-H Volunteer Training Series, which prepares 4-H volunteers to apply positive youth development best practices. “Learn by doing” is a common phrase used by staff and volunteers to explain how 4-H youth development
Karen Henry, Claire Davis, Melinda Souers, Paula Davis, Heather Kent, Candi Dierenfield   +5 more
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Examining Volunteer Management Needs and Preferred Professional Development Delivery Methods Among Extension Educators

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2021
The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate Penn State Extension educators’ volunteer management needs and desirable professional development delivery methods.
Suzanna Windon, Mariah Stollar, Rama Radhakrishna   +2 more
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Video game training enhances visuospatial working memory and episodic memory in older adults

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2016
In this longitudinal intervention study with experimental and control groups, we investigated the effects of video game training on the visuospatial working memory and episodic memory of healthy older adults.
Pilar eToril, Pilar eToril, José M. eReales, José M. eReales, Julia eMayas, Julia eMayas, Soledad eBallesteros, Soledad eBallesteros   +7 more
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The effects of Digital Buddy programme on older adults’ mental well-being: study protocol for a multi-centre, cluster randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2023
Introduction Mental well-being is associated with many mental health symptoms, including depression and health-related quality of life. Digital divide could impact mental health, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rick Yiu Cho Kwan, Fowie Ng, Manfred Lai, David Wong, Sally Chan   +4 more
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Repairing the brain with physical exercise: Cortical thickness and brain volume increases in long-term pediatric brain tumor survivors in response to a structured exercise intervention

NeuroImage: Clinical, 2018
There is growing evidence that exercise induced experience dependent plasticity may foster structural and functional recovery following brain injury. We examined the efficacy of exercise training for neural and cognitive recovery in long-term pediatric ...
Kamila U. Szulc-Lerch, Brian W. Timmons, Eric Bouffet, Suzanne Laughlin, Cynthia B. de Medeiros, Jovanka Skocic, Jason P. Lerch, Donald J. Mabbott   +7 more
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Volunteer activity of student youth as a means of formation personal and professional qualities of future specialists

Bulletin of the Karaganda University. Pedagogy series, 2021
The article is devoted to the study of the legal framework and best practices of volunteer activity in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Belarus through a review and analysis of the available scientific and methodological literature and ...
A. Rymkhanova, S. Abildina, R. Dyusembinova, A. Ryskulova, Кызылорда Казахстан Университет «Болашак»   +4 more
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The ABCs of 4-H: A Primer for 4-H Volunteers

EDIS, 2014
This information sheet is the introduction to the 4-H Volunteer Training Series (VTS). The series contains a wealth of information, from how to start a club, to planning field trips, to how to work with youth. This 5-page fact sheet was written by Keith
Keith G. Diem, Sarah Hensley, Ben Knowles   +2 more
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Influence of Alpha-Actinin-3 R577X Polymorphism on Muscle Damage and the Inflammatory Response after an Acute Strength Training Session

BioMed Research International, 2022
The objective of this study was to verify the influence of the ACTN3 R577X polymorphism on muscle damage and the inflammatory response after an acute strength training (ST) session. Twenty-seven healthy male individuals (age: 25 ± 4.3 years) participated
M. Pereira, I. Rosse, Ana Carolina Silva, P. Coelho, B. D. de Castro, L. Becker, João Batista Ferreira Júnior, E. D. de Oliveira, Kelerson Mauro de Castro Pinto, A. Talvani, Karina Barbosa de Queiroz, D. Coelho   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rapid changes in arousal states of healthy volunteers during robot-assisted gait training: a quantitative time-series electroencephalography study [PDF]

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2014
Robot-assisted gait training (RAGT) is expected to be an effective rehabilitative intervention for patients with gait disturbances. However, the monotonous gait pattern provided by robotic guidance tends to induce sleepiness, and the resultant decreased arousal during RAGT may negatively affect gait training progress.
Nakanishi, Yoshie, Wada, Futoshi, Saeki, Satoru, Hachisuka, Kenji   +3 more
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Effect of informatization training in professional staff on First Aid by Your Side voluntary service: a web data-based evaluation

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2023
ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of an informatization training program in professional staff on the promotion of First Aid by Your Side voluntary service initiated by Red Cross Society of China for providing a reference to the management and improvement ...
Ying WEN, Jian-zhong ZHAO
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